Here are the bare bones of my 2016 events:
All now in the online calendar, with the exception of the Flitch Bikes 100. Lots more information to appear on AUKweb in the new year, probably. The new 400 on 2nd July, 'Kingdom of the East Saxons' is still a bit of a work in progress as far as controls go. I'm hoping to get a deal with a hotel in Harwich for a simple buffet at 150km, so there will be extra tlc on what should be a good first 400.
SATURDAY 12TH MARCH, Churchend, Dunmow £8.00 Fee includes food at start & finish
07:30 Horsepower 200km
Controls at Lavenham, Snetterton Park and Newmarket
09:00 Horsepower 100km
Out and back route to Newmarket
SATURDAY 30th APRIL, Manningtree £4.00 ‘X’ rated – café at finish
00:01 Green & Yellow Fields 300km
Through the night via Barton Mills 24 hour services to breakfast on the Norfolk coast, return trip through Wymondham & Needham Market.
SATURDAY 4th JUNE, Manningtree £4.00 ‘X’ - café at start & finish, if you time it right!
09:00 Asparagus & Strawberries 400km
Classic tour of East Anglia, via Ixworth, Halesworth, the Reedham ferry and Acle to fish and chips at Wells-next-the-Sea, back through the night to Barton Mills and Saffron Walden.
SATURDAY 2nd July, Churchend £15.00
11:00 Kingdom of the East Saxons 400km
Full TLC, including food at start, & food + sleeping accommodation at 250km. Pub at finish. Staying almost entirely within the ancient kingdom of the East Saxons and including visits to the coast at Harwich, the ‘Sunshine Coast’ [Walton, Frinton, Clacton], Wivenhoe & Burnham-on-Crouch.
FRIDAY 15th JULY, Churchend £9.00 Includes brunch at the finish
21:00 Hereward the Wake 300km
Up through the Fens at night to Whittlesea via Cambridge, then some lesser known and scenic parts of Beds, Herts and the ‘Essex Alps’.
SATURDAY 10th SEPTEMBER, Churchend £6.00 Includes breakfast at start. Pub finish.
06:00 The Flatlands 600km
From scenic north Essex to the Humber at Goole, with a lot of Lincolnshire fenland and flatlands along the River Trent. Two gently rolling section in the Wolds for variety. A lot of Wetherspoons pubs, McDonalds and 24 hour garages to provide sustenance…
2016-17 Season
SATURDAY 1st OCTOBER, Churchend, Dunmow £8.00 Includes food at start and finish.
08:30 Flitch Bikes 200km
Café controls at Grantchester, Hawstead and Mistley.
09:30 Flitch Bikes 100km
Out and back to Hawstead.